When you go to work, you can use online software to hold meetings remotely and follow up on your work progress based on an intelligent system; during holidays, you can order reservations for attractions, restaurants and accommodations with a click of a button....... This has become the daily life scenario for many people nowadays. With the improvement of the 5G network and the release of related plans, the digital economy is booming across the country and is becoming a new engine for the high-quality development of China's economy.

Districts taste the digital economy "sweet"

After the epidemic, governments around the world see the powerful advantages of the digital economy, but also see the importance of the digital economy to promote exports, boost domestic demand, and help the manufacturing industry to upgrade.

In terms of promoting exports, Zhejiang has taken the lead in organizing online exhibitions to dock foreign trade enterprises and overseas buyers by using comprehensive digital solutions such as big data, mobile Internet and social communities. According to the forecast of the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, by giving full play to the advantages of Zhejiang's digital economy during the special period, it is expected that Zhejiang can promote all kinds of orders to land around 15 billion U.S. dollars throughout the year through the online trade fairs.

In terms of boosting domestic demand, this year's "11" Golden Week, as China's first national big data comprehensive pilot area of Guizhou, the application of digital economy, through the organization of live webcasting with goods, digital light show and other activities to promote the sale of goods. The data from 13 retail and catering enterprises in Guizhou province showed that the average daily traffic from October 1 to 7 rose by 16.4% year-on-year.

In terms of upgrading the manufacturing industry, Cao Huiquan, director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said Hunan Province to speed up the implementation of the "intelligent manufacturing project" special action, the formation of intelligent manufacturing "Hunan mode" "Changsha phenomenon.

Further optimization of the development environment of the digital economy

The China Institute of Information and Communication Research (CIICR) "White Paper on the Development of China's Digital Economy (2020)" shows that the scale of China's digital economy added value reached 35.8 trillion yuan in 2019, accounting for a proportion of GDP of 36.2%.

With the gradual improvement of the current 5G network, the environment for the development of digital economy in China is further optimized.

Zhang Xuezhi, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Information and Communication Development Department, said that since this year, with the unfolding of China's new infrastructure blueprint, 5G has not only become an effective means to cope with the impact of the epidemic in China to expand investment, promote consumption, and stabilize growth, but also to support the digital transformation of the industry is a key initiative to build the foundation of the development of the digital economy.

Tsinghua University Public **** School of Management, Changjiang Xiaojuan believes that the development of new technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet and Internet of Things is bringing more possibilities to the digital economy. In the future, the state should guide and support the construction of digital infrastructure and the research and development of original innovations, while providing more application scenarios for the digital economy and improving the level of public **** services.

Under the guidance of the competent authorities, the digital economy planning of local governments is also being introduced one after another. For example, on September 22, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology issued the "Beijing Municipal Outline of Action for Promoting the Innovative Development of the Digital Economy (2020- 2022)"; on October 1, the General Office of the Hebei Provincial Government issued the "Several Policies on Supporting the Accelerated Development of the Digital Economy".